766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea)

The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment was a light infantry unit of North Korea’s Korean People’s Army. Trained extensively in amphibious warfare and unconventional warfare, the regiment was considered a special forces commando unit. The regiment saw its final action at the Battle of P’ohang-dong, fighting unsuccessfully to take the town from U.N. troops. It was disbanded after the war and absorbed into the KPA’s 12th Division.

About 766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea) in brief

The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment was a light infantry unit of North Korea’s Korean People’s Army. Trained extensively in amphibious warfare and unconventional warfare, the regiment was considered a special forces commando unit. The regiment saw its final action at the Battle of P’ohang-dong, fighting unsuccessfully to take the town from U.N. troops. It moved north, joining a concentration of other KPA units, before being disbanded and absorbed into the KPA’s 12th Division. All 500 men of the 3rd Battalion were lost just before the war started when their transport was sunk while attacking Pusan harbor by the Republic of Korea Navy. For the remainder of its existence the regiment numbered no more than 1,500 men and could not muster more than three battalions. During the planning for the invasion of South Korea, the North Korean leadership began to create large numbers of commando and special forces units to send south. These units subverted South Korean authority before and during the war with terror campaigns, sabotage and inducing rebellions in ROK military units. By the end of the war up to 3,000 of them had been trained and armed, and up to 1,000 had been sent to South Korea in this fashion. The North Korean plan was to conduct amphibious landings in Chongdongjin and Imwonjin on the eastern coast using the 766rd Regiment, in conjunction with the 549th Unit.

The unit was moved the ports of Wonsong and Kansong and loaded into ships. With the 3,66th, in the 5 49 and 11,000 men in the K PA’s 5th Division, the Republic. of Korea Army’s 8th Division’s 6,866 by a ratio of 2,866 to 1 was expected to crush the ROK division and prevent reinforcements from moving in support. This force was split into three groups for the landings. Three battalions acted as spearheads on land while two more battalions conducted landings on the south. The force was then reassembled and led by 1, 500 manings and then led the 2,500 manings for the 1,800-man attack on Im wonjin. The 3,500-man group then led a 2,000-man assault on the Im Wonjin port, which led to the capture of the port and the fall of the city. The 2, 500-manageable group was then split into two groups and led the attack on the north and the south, which resulted in the defeat of the R.K.A. division. The 7 66th was disbanded after the war and absorbed by the 12th division. It was made directly subordinate to the. KPA Army headquarters and put under the command of Senior Colonel Oh Jin Woo, who would command the unit for its entire existence. During this time, the unit was expanded in size in six battalions, and was made into a full regiment, with 3,00 men equally distributed across six batt battalion.

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